1. The rain poured down as was its habit,
And thus it chooses to fall gently.

2. If after it I stand reciting,
I take from its dripping my dripping.

3. And if you see in my hand a flower,
It is from that planting.

4. He eulogized a loved one and eulogized after him
That loyal one over the grave.

5. They were, whenever they took the pulpit,
Solace to the hearts of the listeners.

6. So they became - this one cloaked in dust
And that one prey in the hand of misery.

7. If it were not for Suleiman, none would have said
Nor found one who was generous yesterday.

8. By God, how bold he is! He
Has in us carefulness and might.

9. He stands in his project assured
As if he were Antarah Al-Absi.

10. You meet him in earnest as you wish
And at times you meet him in jest.

11. Sarkis, if you like what I said
In the manner of jest, then say "throw."

12. I swear by God and his signs,
By his throne, by the tablet, by the seat,

13. By the hidden stars in their swimming,
By the moon in its reflection, by the sun,

14. That this is righteous work
Done by this young holy man.

15. He reminded us, while man is busy
With himself and his living, forgetting,

16. Of the most sacred duty to one
Whom Egypt sold in the sale of the cheated.

17. This is the father of justice, so whoever opposed him
Alive, none opposed but the opposite.

18. He had in his throat a wealth
Of tone that stirs and of sound that rings.

19. But time made it expensive, as it made him expensive,
Until he became like the ruined traces.

20. So gain the reward and do not seek
To buy it for a paltry price.

21. I see the curtain in a flood
Abundant, calling to despair.

22. It would not hurt him in his crack what it threw
Had it been built on a foundation.

23. However much a clarity weakened him
From his illness, he was quickly bent.

24. If you neglect the tracker of his traces
Time has obscured them with the blot.

25. Speech has failed them, so they came to us
We stand in for their muted tongues.